Chinese Word: 燥 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

燥HSK 5

Pinyin: zào

English Definition: dry; parched; impatient

Chinese Definition:
①干，缺少水分：干燥。燥裂。燥热。枯燥。

Total strokes: 17; Radical: 火

Pictophonetic: 喿 indicates the sound; 火 (fire) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 火 [ huǒ ] fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
- 喿 [ zào ] the sound of birds chirping

Similar Characters: 操躁澡噪藻缲

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Example Words

干燥	gān zào	to dry (of weather, paint, cement etc); desiccation; dull; uninteresting; arid	HSK 5
枯燥	kū zào	dry and dull; uninteresting; dry-as-dust	HSK 6
口干舌燥	kǒu gān shé zào	lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much
焦燥	jiāo zào	variant of 焦躁
枯燥无味	kū zào wú wèi	tedious; dreary

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Example Sentences

1		yǒu xiē 有些 mù shī 牧师 hěn 很 kě yǐ 可以 chéng wéi 成为 shí zú 十足 de 的 xùn jiào zhě 殉教者 —— tā men 他们 shì 是 nà 那 me 么 gān zào 干燥（ zào 燥） zhǔn 准 huì 会 shāo 烧 dé 得 hǎo 好。 Some ministers will make good martyrs: they are so dry they will burn well.
2		měi tiān 每天 zǎo shàng 早上 qǐ chuáng 起床 hòu 后 gǎn dào 感到 fán zào 烦燥 bù 不 ān 安。 Every morning when I get up I feel on edge.
3		zài 在 wén huà bù 文化部 gōng zuò 工作 nà 那 shí 十 nián 年， měi tiān 每天 liǎng 两 bāo 包（ 40 zhī 支）， lián 连 shǒu zhǐ 手指 yě 也 xūn 熏 huáng 黄 le 了， dào 到 wǎn shàng 晚上 chún gàn shé zào 唇干舌燥， yě 也 háo wú 毫无 jiè yì 戒意。 I smoked two packs of cigarettes every day during my ten years working in the Ministry of Culture. Because of my addiction to smoking, my fingers were fumed yellow and my lips and tongue got dry.
4		tā 它 de 的 pǐn xìng 品性 wēn hé 温和， bù 不 liáng 凉 bù 不 zào 燥， nán nv lǎo yòu 男女老幼 jiē 皆 yí 宜。 Its mild, not cold but not dry, young and old Safe.
5		lí 梨 néng 能 shēng 生 jīn 津、 rùn zào 润燥、 qīng rè 清热、 huà tán 化痰， gǔ dài 古代 yī 医 jiā 家 duō 多 yòng 用 zhī 之 yú 于 shí dào ái 食道癌、 bēn mén ái 贲门癌 hé 和 wèi ái 胃癌。 Peer can produce saliva embellish dryness reduce heat and dissolve sputum. It is used frequently by ancient doctors against esophageal cancer cardiac cancer and stomach cancer.

More Sentences

1		yǒu xiē 有些 mù shī 牧师 hěn 很 kě yǐ 可以 chéng wéi 成为 shí zú 十足 de 的 xùn jiào zhě 殉教者 —— tā men 他们 shì 是 nà 那 me 么 gān zào 干燥（ zào 燥） zhǔn 准 huì 会 shāo 烧 dé 得 hǎo 好。 Some ministers will make good martyrs: they are so dry they will burn well.
2		měi tiān 每天 zǎo shàng 早上 qǐ chuáng 起床 hòu 后 gǎn dào 感到 fán zào 烦燥 bù 不 ān 安。 Every morning when I get up I feel on edge.
3		zài 在 wén huà bù 文化部 gōng zuò 工作 nà 那 shí 十 nián 年， měi tiān 每天 liǎng 两 bāo 包（ 40 zhī 支）， lián 连 shǒu zhǐ 手指 yě 也 xūn 熏 huáng 黄 le 了， dào 到 wǎn shàng 晚上 chún gàn shé zào 唇干舌燥， yě 也 háo wú 毫无 jiè yì 戒意。 I smoked two packs of cigarettes every day during my ten years working in the Ministry of Culture. Because of my addiction to smoking, my fingers were fumed yellow and my lips and tongue got dry.
4		tā 它 de 的 pǐn xìng 品性 wēn hé 温和， bù 不 liáng 凉 bù 不 zào 燥， nán nv lǎo yòu 男女老幼 jiē 皆 yí 宜。 Its mild, not cold but not dry, young and old Safe.
5		lí 梨 néng 能 shēng 生 jīn 津、 rùn zào 润燥、 qīng rè 清热、 huà tán 化痰， gǔ dài 古代 yī 医 jiā 家 duō 多 yòng 用 zhī 之 yú 于 shí dào ái 食道癌、 bēn mén ái 贲门癌 hé 和 wèi ái 胃癌。 Peer can produce saliva embellish dryness reduce heat and dissolve sputum. It is used frequently by ancient doctors against esophageal cancer cardiac cancer and stomach cancer.

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